News: Astronomy

Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin

Podcast

A Love Letter from Texas Scientists to the Periodic Table

We're celebrating the 150th anniversary of the periodic table. Join us as we tour the cosmos, from the microscopic to the telescopic, with four scientists studying...

A series of cupcakes arranged to look like the periodic table

Accolades

Astronomer David Lambert Named 2019 Distinguished Texas Scientist

This honor reflects distinguished contributions to science through research and publication that has garnered recognition at the national and international level.

David Lambert

Features

Alumnus Eric Berger Reflects on the Joys of Science Communication

Meet Eric Berger (B.S. Astronomy, '95), Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica and Editor at Space City Weather.

Portrait of a man in a jacket standing on the shore of a body of water

Accolades

Two in CNS Receive President’s Associates Teaching Excellence Award

Each year, these awards recognize great teaching of undergraduates in the core curriculum.

Keely Finkelstein (L) and Kristin Harvey (R)

Accolades

J. Craig Wheeler Shares Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award

Wheeler was selected as author of "Supernova Explosions," published by Springer in 2017.

Craig Wheeler in a suit and glasses smiling

Research

Magnetic Waves Create Chaos in Star-Forming Clouds

The new research sheds light on the processes that are responsible for setting the properties of stars, which in turn affects the formation of planets.

Stars appear to form and shine brightly in a Hubble Telescope image

Announcements

CNS Welcomes New Faculty As Fall Semester Begins

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Features

Visualizing Science 2017: Finding the Hidden Beauty in College Research

Five years ago the College of Natural Sciences began an annual tradition called Visualizing Science with the intent of finding the inherent beauty hidden within...

This image shows the turbulent gas structures in a three-dimensional, multi-physics supercomputer simulation during the formation of such massive clusters, with the red-to-violet rainbow spectrum representing gas at high-to-low densities.

Podcast

Eyewitness to a Cosmic Car Wreck

What is the sound of two neutron stars colliding over 1 billion light years away?

Illustration of large explosion in space